The following 30 Day Dinner Menu Plan is from our Free Ebooklet, How to Feed a Family of 4 for less than $200 a month
We always use one of the following items for a side dish:
- Salad
- Rice (sometimes with seasonings, sometimes without)
- Refried beans
- Pasta
- Baked or Mashed Potatoes
*FL = Freeze Leftovers for Lunches or another evening Meal
Dinner/ Supper Menu:
Day #1 : Chicken Fajita Tortillas / refried beans/ salad
Day Sweet-n-Sour Kielbasa/ mashed potatoes/ salad (*FL)
Day #3 : Baked Stuffed Haddock with Newburg sauce /baked potato /salad (*FL)
Day # 4: Hearty Taco Pasta Dish (Rotini noodles with tomatoes/hamburger/ taco seasoning & black olives) (*FL)
Day # 5 Lasagna (make an extra one & freeze for end of the month) (*FL)
Day # 6 Tuna Casserole
Day # 7 Broiled or Grilled steak/ Salad
Day #08 Chicken Parmesan with seasoned rice / Broccoli (*FL)
Day # 09 Spaghetti & Meatballs with Garlic bread & salad
Day # 10 Beef-n-Bean Burrito’s topped with salsa & cheese seasoned Rice on side
Day # 11 Pot Roast with Potatoes/ Carrots/ Onions & biscuits, Gravy (*FL) (Always have enough leftovers for a complete family meal)
Day # 12 Restaurant Night: (Copycat recipe from KFC, Olive Garden, etc)
Day # 13 Corned Beef/ Cabbage/ Carrots / Potatoes
Day # 14 Chicken Marsala with baked potato & fresh spinach
Day # 15 Sweet-n-Sour Kielbasa (left overs from Day 2)/ mashed potatoes/ salad
Day # 16 Corned beef hash/ biscuits
Day # 17 Lasagna & salad, garlic bread
Day # 18 Chicken Vegetable soup & cornbread
Day # 19 Meatball subs or sweet-n-sour meatballs over egg noodles
Day # 20 Leftover beef pot roast simmered in gravy & served over Hot Biscuits w/ salad & or peas
Day # 21 Breakfast for dinner: blueberry pancakes, bacon & hash browns
Day # 22 Oriental Stir Fry with rice (*FL)
Day # 23 Chicken Wraps with lettuce/tomato/ parmesan dressing& potato salad
Day # 24 Homemade Deep Dish Pizza
Day # 25 Bacon/Potato Casserole with sour cream
Day # 26 Sloppy Joes / salad
Day # 27 Grilled Swordfish with marinated veggies
Day # 28 American Chop Suey (*FL)
Day # 29 Chicken Pot Pie & cranberry sauce (I usually make 2 and freeze one)
Day # 30 Choose your own menu night : from evenings of 1 serving leftovers that have been vacuum sealed.
Sometimes I print up lovely menu’s for each person to choose as though they are at a restaurant.
I also create alternate meal ideas (2-3) in case something comes up and I am unable/ (or do not want to) make dinner. For instance, if one of the boys gets sick, or if dh is going to be very late from work.
To view additional weekly dinner plans, check out our Weekly Menu Plans Forum.
